On 21 April 2023, Youngah Kim, Representative of MAP, presented “Access to Mental Health Services Among Refugees in Korea: Current State and Challenges” at the symposium “Migrants and Refugees: The Mental Health Field Where Diverse Cultures Meet” at the 2023 Spring Conference of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association.
The symposium was chaired by Jeong Chanseung, Director of Maumdream Clinic, and Chae Jeongho, Professor at the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine. It also included presentations by Lee Takgeon, Legal Officer at UNHCR, “The Work of UNHCR and Refugee Mental Health Issues”, and by Lee Cheolsun, Professor at Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, “A Clinical Approach to the Mental Health of Migrants and Refugees”.